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Taka Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

To Clive

0Clive, could you please check this composition? Is it OK as English?02br
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00・When we reach a certain age, we cannot help saying bad things about young people, even though we know we shouldn't do it. That is a problem of human nature. It is well-known that an ancient Egyptian criticized the young in the same way in a document. It seems that old people (tend to) feel irritated by the way the young do things until they die.02br
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00Thanks in advance. 02br
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00(Edited by GG to fix original typos since identified by the original poster)0-
  

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0 ha ha very funny... i'm not english guru.. just bumping in!!0-
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0 When we reach a certain age, we cannot help saying bad thing01font00s02font00 about young people, even though we know we shouldn't 01del00do it02del00. That is 01del00a problem of02del00 human nature. It is well-known that an ancient Egyptian criticized the young 01del00in the sam
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0About the parts in red, the original in hand is 'things', 'the young.' When I found the mistake, the post edit permission had already expired (The worst thing of this new version, at least to me. It expires too soon!!)02br
00About the parts you've crossed out, does it mean they are all wrong? Or is it your personal preference? 0-
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00I know you want Clive to take a look at this, but you said it was urgent.02br
00All I have tried to do is to make it sound more natural. Hope it helps. I'm sure Clive will get round to helping you. 0-
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0The only thing I take exception to is the "until they die." I assume you mean until the old people die, but it's an ambiguous antecedent.02br
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00Wasn't it a famous Greek? Are you sure it was an Egyptian?02br
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00EDIT: Ah: 01a05000 02a0230hrefhttp://www.bartleby.com/73/195.html
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10The only thing I take exception to is the "until they die." I assume you mean until the old people die, but it's an ambiguous antecedent.12br
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00That's right! It's not clear if it's the young or the old. Thanks, GG!02br
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0My pleasure. I'm happy to fix typos when they don't relate to the real issue at hand and serve as a distraction.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Wasn't it a famous Greek? Are you sure it was an Egyptian?12br
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10The original says it was an Egyptian.02br
00Well, since it's human nature,
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0Hi Taka, 02br
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00I don't really have anything to add to the earlier comments.05002br
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0Taka, it's a sad thing when our fingers choose which letters to actually hit on the keyboard, isn't it?0-
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